Siege and Taking of the City of Lyon
Title
Siege and Taking of the City of Lyon
Description
In September 1793, in response to the unwillingness of the municipal government of Lyon to enforce the legislature’s laws, the Republic sent the deputies and Committee of Public Safety members Georges Couthon and Jean–Marie Collot d’Herbois with a republican army to lay siege to the city and destroy all elements of "counterrevolution." The city surrendered on 9 October. Couthon, Collot, and local sans–culottes wrought a terrible vengeance, with some 209 persons being arrested, tried, and executed in the next two months. Numerous private homes and public buildings were razed. The revolutionaries renamed the city ville affranchie [Freed City], to represent the elimination of the poison of counterrevolution.
Creator
Pierre-Gabriel Berthault (engraver)
Jean Duplessi-Bertaux (engraver)
Jacques François Joseph Swebach (designer)
Source
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Date
1802
Rights
Public Domain
Relation
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/498/|<span>Collection de Vinck. <em>Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe, 1770-1870</em>. Vol. 47 (pièces 6357-6460), Ancien Régime et Révolution</span>
Format
JPEG
Language
French
Identifier
498
Original Format
Engraving
Physical Dimensions
24 x 29 cm
Title (French)
Siége et prise de la Ville de Lyon : le 9 Octobre 1793, ou 17 Vendemiaire An 2.e de la République
Citation
Pierre-Gabriel Berthault (engraver), Jean Duplessi-Bertaux (engraver), and Jacques François Joseph Swebach (designer), “Siege and Taking of the City of Lyon,” LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY: EXPLORING THE FRENCH REVOUTION, accessed December 21, 2024, https://revolution.chnm.org/d/498.